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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2012, 9:02 PM EDT for Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2012, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Franklin County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 14, 7:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 7:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 633 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 PAZ006-011-012-017>019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-151045- POTTER-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON- FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY- DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 633 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ004-005-010-024-033-151045- WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 633 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 8:25 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
828 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0816 PM HAIL LEWISBERRY 40.14N 76.86W
08/14/2012 M0.70 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER CTP1200400
MACHSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 8:29 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
829 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
PAZ035-036-150100-
FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-
829 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FULTON AND
WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 825 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
NEEDMORE TO CLAYLICK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MCCONNELLSBURG...FORT LITTLETON AND
GREENCASTLE.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 187...I-70 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 151 AND 153...I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE
30...ROUTE 522.
LAT...LON 3993 7825 3998 7822 4011 7793 4006 7786
4009 7784 3972 7755 3972 7799
FORECASTER: MARTINLocal storm report, Aug 14, 8:30 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
830 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HAIL ELIZABETHTOWN 40.15N 76.60W
08/14/2012 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER PA PUBLIC
0730 PM HAIL STATE COLLEGE 40.79N 77.86W
08/14/2012 M0.75 INCH CENTRE PA PUBLIC
PSU MET STUDENT REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL AT MARTIN
STREET AND ON AARON DRIVE
0735 PM HAIL 2 N SPRING GROVE 39.91N 76.86W
08/14/2012 M0.50 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
0745 PM HAIL GRANTVILLE 40.38N 76.65W
08/14/2012 M0.88 INCH DAUPHIN PA TRAINED SPOTTER
0816 PM HAIL LEWISBERRY 40.14N 76.86W
08/14/2012 M0.70 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER CTP1200398 CTP1200399 CTP1200397 CTP1200396 CTP1200400
MACHSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 9:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 902 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 PAZ035-036-063-064-150200- ADAMS PA-CUMBERLAND PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA- 902 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FRANKLIN...EAST CENTRAL FULTON...WEST CENTRAL ADAMS AND WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... AT 858 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MERCERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT ST. THOMAS...CHAMBERSBURG...SCOTLAND... ORRSTOWN AND SHIPPENSBURG. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 213...I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 36. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE 30...ROUTE 522. LAT...LON 4024 7741 3993 7726 3975 7788 3998 7803 FORECASTER: MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Snyder | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 9:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Juniata, Perry, Snyder | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 10:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, York | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Mifflin | 33 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.